Green Fund

A green fund is an investment vehicle—often a mutual fund, exchange-traded fund (ETF), or other pooled product—that selects holdings primarily on environmental criteria or…

Greenwashing

Greenwashing (also called “green sheen”) is when a company presents a product, service, or corporate policy as more environmentally friendly than it really is…

Greenspan Put

Key takeaways – The “Greenspan put” is an informal label for the market’s belief during Alan Greenspan’s Fed chairmanship (1987–2006) that the Federal Reserve…

Greenshoe Option

A greenshoe option (also called an over‑ allotment option) is a provision in an IPO underwriting agreement that allows the underwriting syndicate to sell…

Greensheet

A greensheet is a short, internal marketing document prepared by an underwriter that summarizes the main facts, selling points, risks and initial pricing of…

Greenmail

Greenmail is the practice in mergers and acquisitions whereby an investor (a “corporate raider” or activist investor) buys a large block of a company’s…

Greenfield Investment

A greenfield investment is a form of foreign direct investment (FDI) in which a company (typically a multinational) establishes a new operation in a…

Greenback

Key takeaways – “Greenback” is a historic and still-common slang term for U.S. paper dollars, originally coined in the 1860s because the back of…

Green Monday

Green Monday is a major retail sales day during the holiday shopping season that falls on the second Monday in December. It marks a…

Green Marketing

Green marketing is the practice of developing, positioning, and promoting products, services, or corporate activities on the basis of their real or perceived environmental…